A new Desert Sage letter reflects on July, neighborhood fireworks and reporting on disasters.
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#july4th
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@GhostOnTheHalfShell @benroyce @BernieDoesIt @admin @CStamp @mastodonmigration @cynblogger @mwyman @gedvondur We should change the spelling of the annual #July4th celebration in the #UnitedStates to #IndependentsDay.
“Chemical Eye 
on Independents’ Day” 
http://www.sitnews.us/MacDougall/070306_macdougall.html
www.sitnews.usSitNews - Chemical Eye on Independents' Day by Preston MacDougallKetchikan, Alaska news. Southeast Alaska news, Alaska news, national and world news.
A couple hundred people, a number with flags, signs, and/or period dress, came to the Declaration of Independence reading held in our neighborhood last Friday. WHYY, our local public radio station, has a nice writeup with pictures: https://whyy.org/articles/no-kings-mount-airy-northwest-philadelphia-july-fourth/ #July4th #USPol #NoKings
35 Easy 4th Of July Menu Ideas https://www.diningandcooking.com/2165082/35-easy-4th-of-july-menu-ideas/ #desserts #FourthOfJulyMenu #GrillingRecipes #IndependenceDayDesserts #IndependenceDayRecipes #Italia #Italian #ItalianPicnicFood #ItalianPicnicRecipes #italiano #italy #July4th #July4thMenu #July4thRecipes #PicnicFood #PicnicRecipes
An oldie (2008), but goodie: Received Rights versus Human Rights in the 'Declaration of Independence', https://markstoneman.com/2008/07/04/received-rights-versus.html
#July4th #revolution
markstoneman.comReceived Rights versus Human Rights in the 'Declaration of Independence'
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My Independence Day post was a little dark this year, but not overly so. We can still change course. The question is: how? by what means? See "Justice and Peace or Tyranny and Violence?" https://markstoneman.com/2025/07/04/justice-and-peace-or-tyranny.html #July4th #revolution #reform #USpol
Great discussion. I could listen to this exchange all day. In 7 short minutes Ken Burns and Ryan Holiday are like two skilled forensic detectives tracing back lines of essential American virtues and sins. Wonderful.
Jefferson had the vision of democracy but lacked the will to embody it. Washington was a rare "strong man" with the strength of character to relinquish his power.
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@Tengrain Until #DonaldTheDeplorable is permanently removed from the #WhiteHouse - one way or another - I will be celebrating #July4th with a different *spelling*!
“Chemical Eye on #Independents’Day.” http://www.sitnews.us/MacDougall/070306_macdougall.html
#Resist. #DoNotComply and #DoNotCollaborateWithFascists in #USpol.
www.sitnews.usSitNews - Chemical Eye on Independents' Day by Preston MacDougallKetchikan, Alaska news. Southeast Alaska news, Alaska news, national and world news.
NEW: The July 4 edition of THE POLITICRAT podcast.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-politicrat/id1503246845?i=1000715799564
As the firecrackers pop, Benson won't settle down in Safe Place (on a cozy blanket in the cool, dark bathroom) until I sit on the toilet, arrange the blanket, rub his back, and tell him he's ok in my *Mommy Loves You* voice.
He's snoring now.
We all need someone to soothe us and tell us we're ok right now.
Except MAGAs. They can fuck off. (It's not my ministry right now to comfort them. Maybe someone else can do it.)
Did you celebrate Independence Day?
'American Masters' series: Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/hannah-arendt-documentary/36135/ #timely #july4th #tyranny #democracy #history #books #literature #documentary #fascism #resist #philosophy
American Masters · Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny - Watch the documentary now! | American Masters | PBSDiscover Hannah Arendt, who transformed her time as a political prisoner during World War II into daring insights about totalitarianism.
Leslie Odom Jr tearing it up singing Sam Cooke's A Change is Gonna Come
Boston Pops 4th of July
Today's top ten tag trends:
10: #FensterFreitag
9: #fourthofjuly
8: #4thofjuly
7: #july4th
6: #independenceday
5: #gerpol
4: #greedasongorpoem
3: #JukeboxFridayNight
2: #FindingFreedom
1: #totp
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@batkaren We can still celebrate #July4th with integrity, just with a different spelling.
“Chemical Eye on Independents’ Day” http://www.sitnews.us/MacDougall/070306_macdougall.html
www.sitnews.usSitNews - Chemical Eye on Independents' Day by Preston MacDougallKetchikan, Alaska news. Southeast Alaska news, Alaska news, national and world news.
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@sarahtaber Sure you're making history.
Don't expect anyone to respect it.
Do we wish Americans Happy independence day'?
From who exactly?
From the thousands dying now abandoned by USAID, or those in Ukraine who suffer by the reduction in military aid? Or maybe from Palestinians shot by so called 'American aid contractors'? Or maybe the 132,000 trans people who will now be denied medical care?
Yeah. Happy 'Independence Day', assholes.
"We started this country by grabbing rifles we had laying around and starting to shoot at the soldiers of the one of the most powerful empires on earth, all because they taxed our breakfast beverage."
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